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  1. centurymaker

    Road to India in Australia 2024-25

    https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/travis-head-is-not-the-answer-to-australia-s-test-opening-problem-1453982
  2. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    He made the error of playing till 39 years of age. If only he had retired at 35/36, he'd have been rated higher. Likewise for guys like Tendulkar and Ponting.
  3. centurymaker

    All-Time India XIs - A re-run

    Ganguly Gambhir MAK Pataudi Harbhajan (can bat too)
  4. centurymaker

    Kumar Sangakkara vs Steve Waugh

    Headley, Pollock. In the future, Root. I think Sanga is borderline top 20 at the moment.
  5. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    These are basically averages from his prime/after he became an established batsman. Him letting go of the gloves mid-2006 coincided with him being 28 years old and entering his prime. Keeping does have some impact but he was only a keeper when he was in his early to mid 20s i.e. in his first 5...
  6. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    Yes his record is bad vs Aus and SA with just 2 hundreds each. But at least he makes up for it against England with 6 hundreds in England. Sanga doesn't have anything even close to that away from home. There's a reason that even Dravid isn't considered an ATG, it's because of his 39 average...
  7. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    Before someone says what does it mean for Murali? He was a GOAT. He could take the pitch out of the equation, he spun the ball so much. So to negate him "somewhat", Asian nations had no option but to prepare absolute roads. Sri lanka also often did the same at home so that their batters could...
  8. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    The two nations whom Sanga played most tests against were England and Pakistan. vs England 22 Tests, 1568 runs @ 40.20, 3 tons vs Pak 23 Tests, 2911 runs @ 74.64, 10 tons vs Australia 11 Tests, 878 runs @ 43.90, 1 ton Every player of that era was judged against Australia and Mr Sanga had...
  9. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    So very often when Pakistan-India or Pakistan-Sri Lanka played each other in that period, they played on insane highways where it didn't matter who the bowlers were. You'd see ridiculous scores with bowlers usually reduced to cannon fodder, batters often having to get themselves out. Pakistan...
  10. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    Just trying to highlight that Sanga bashed up on Bangladesh and Pakistan so much that his career average goes up from 47 to 57. Thats insane! 5000 runs out of 12000 against just 2 nations, including almost half of his hundreds. Against ALL other nations home and away combined, he is barely...
  11. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    They often played on highways home and away. whether in Pakistan, Colombo or UAE.
  12. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    In fact, Sanga's overall stats vs 6 nations- Aus, Eng, SA, Ind, NZ, and WI are 91 Tests, 7137 runs @ 46.9 If you add back Pak, Bang and Zim, it becomes 134 Tests, 12400 runs @ 57.4 Thats almost 5300 runs vs Bang, Pak and Zim.
  13. centurymaker

    Better test bat: Dravid vs Sangakkara

    The number of game changing knocks played by Rahul Dravid, particularly in overseas conditions, significantly outnumber those played by Sangakkara. Outside of Asia- Dravid 64 Tests 5443 runs @ 52.3 Sanga 34 Tests 2764 runs @ 44.5 Sangakkara disproportionately padded up against Bangladesh...
  14. centurymaker

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    Second overall maybe but not in Tests. Even an avg Indian knows where he stands in Test Cricket. Players do care about their standing in the history of cricket. If Kohli didn't care, he would never have prioritised Test cricket in the first place. He is on record saying that players are judged...
  15. centurymaker

    All-Time India XIs - A re-run

    Bedi Harbhajan Shastri
  16. centurymaker

    Best Players that You have Watched Play

    Srinath Dravid Ponting
  17. centurymaker

    Indian Cricket Dhaba

    He is already paying a price. He isn't going to go down as an ATG Test batsman due to losing some focus in the last 4 years.
  18. centurymaker

    Where will Kohli end up among Asian batsmen?

    1) Tendulkar 2) Gavaskar 3) Dravid 4) Sanga 5) Younis Khan 6) Miandad 7) Kohli I have Kohli at 7th for now.
  19. centurymaker

    Who would be your top 10 greatest Asian cricketers?

    Imran Khan Sachin Tendulkar Mutthiah Muralitharan Wasim Akram Sunil Gavaskar Ravichandran Ashwin Kapil Dev Waqar Younis Rahul Dravid Ravindra Jadeja
  20. centurymaker

    All-Time India XIs - A re-run

    Amarnath Vengsarkar Azharuddin Ganguly

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